Arduino IDE setup for ATmega328P
I had some difficulty remembering how to set the Arduino IDE to upload sketches to an Arduino Pro Mini clone so I’m keeping a record this time.
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Making a conductive copper ink pigment
This is part 1 of a project to DIY a circuit-writing pen: making a copper pigment. I thought I’d start with easy methods and readily available materials. This is a simple chemistry experiment suitable for classrooms, garage chemists and hobbyists. The pigment produced conduct electricity pretty well.
CFP: Communication and Global Power Shifts
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION Communication and Global Power Shifts An International Conference in Celebration of the 40th Anniversary … More CFP: Communication and Global Power Shifts
Comparing Terms of Service for DropBox, Google Drive & Microsoft SkyDrive
A textual comparison between the Terms of Service for DropBox, the Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive, reveals that they are not materially different in the licenses granted, rights claimed or uses permitted.
ngram.sh: a script for extracting Google Ngram data
The Google Ngram Viewer is a database browser used to chart the relative frequency of words or phrases. The data source is the Google Books database and the graphic engine is Google Charts. It’s cool. It’s pretty. It doesn’t easily give up the raw data. This script helps.
How to make Facebook pages serve content from your website
This is a short HowTo for making a Facebook page and inserting an iFrame from to a website.
Note: SSL became mandatory for page tab apps in October 2011. This post has not been updated.
Host your own real-time Twitter wall
This article describes the use of a simple AJAX-powered webpage to display a real-time feed from Twitter. It suggests use cases and reasons to pair it with an IRC webapp to provide a back channel to noisy hashtags.
Note: code uses Twitter REST API v1. This post has not been updated.
How to Aaaarg.org – finding pirated academic works
Aaaaarg.org is a human-generated index of pirated academic works popular among graduate students. This document is an introduction to using the system. The site software changes often, breaking links, but the social process largely remains the same.
BBS Servers & Clients
BBS Servers The BBS Corner’s Telnet BBS Guide is an online directory of dial-up and telnet accessible Bulletin Board Systems, … More BBS Servers & Clients
Everyman's statistics about vaccination & disease
In a open letter to anti-vaccinationists, immunology researcher Thomas Tu sought to open dialogue by telling his personal story. Following Tu’s premise, this post uses high school statistics to investigate relationships between vaccination rates and disease-related death rates.
Opt-in vs Opt-out: the cardinal rule
The choice to opt-in vs opt-out was well considered and the backlash was anticipated. The notice of the changes does … More Opt-in vs Opt-out: the cardinal rule
Buy a term paper online… or troll
Teaching Assistantsfrequently trade tips for discovering plagiarism in the papers they grade. While google has made it easy to catch the lazy copy-paste form, we recognize that cheaters with financial resources can buy term papers. The following chat occurred with an essay mill which as “among the premier essay writing companies in the world”.
Opt out of Facebook Instant Personalization
How to opt-out of Facebook ‘Instant Personalization’ and why you might want to. This is a death watch for the anonymous Internet, unless we seize back our relationships and decentralize social networking. \o.O/
Jan 12 2009 Readings (Pre-19th Century)
Capitalism, Communications, and Control in a Historical (and Western-Centric) Perspective Elen Meiksins Wood, The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View … More Jan 12 2009 Readings (Pre-19th Century)
Jan 19 2009 Readings (19th-early 20th Century)
Communication and the Making and Remaking of Capitalism in the 19th and Early 20th Century Michael Parenti, Blackshirts & REDS: … More Jan 19 2009 Readings (19th-early 20th Century)
"Is a ‘Katrina-Like’ Space Storm Brewing?"
Slashdot | Is a ‘Katrina-Like’ Space Storm Brewin g? Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 12, @10:19AM from the or-maybe-thats-just-a-nice-cup-of-tea dept. pilsner.urquell writes “A newly released NASA report warns that the world has forgotten the power of the sun, creating a technological […]